Pen and pencil clip



M. M. REID.

PEN AND PENCIL CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR, 21, 19I9.

1,3063% Patented June 17, 1919.

INVENTOR pl MATT RNEYj or pencil to MALCOLM M. REID, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE HOGE MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MALCOLM M. REID, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pen and Pencil Clips, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved pen and pencil clip. In accordance with my invention, I form the clip from a single piece of spring metal, utilizing one end of a blank to form both the encircling portion and the actuating arm of the lift lever and the other end of the blank to form the other part of .the lever and spacing the body of the lever, as a whole, away from the pen which the clip is applied so as to form a stop shoulder and permit the easy insertion of material beneath the lever up to the position defined by said stop shoulder.

The object of my invention is to produce a one-piece clip capable of being formed as above set forth and having the features referred to, and also one which is effective in operation and easily manufactured.

The following is a description of a clip embodying my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a applied to a pencil;

Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 shows a longitudinal section of the clip, and

Fig. l shows a blank from which the clip is made.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 is a lever having a holding arm 2 and an actuating arm 3. At a medial portion of the opposite sides of said lever are lateral propections H and at the end of its holding arm 2 is a ball 2. 5 is the en circling portion of the clip adapted to surround a pen or pencil and having arms 66 substantially parallel to the axis of the encircling portion and the pen or pencil to which the clip is applied. Connecting the ends of the arms 6-6 and the sides of the extensions H are offsets 77 which hold the body of the lever l spaced away from the pen or pencil and constitute a stop to define plan View of the clip Specification of Letters Patent. 7

Application filed March 21, 1919.

Patented June 17, 1919. Serial No. 284,126.

the position of material inserted beneath the holding arm of the lever. The actuatlng arm 3 of the lever is formed from metal originally located stituting the arms 6 6 and the offsets The bodies of the offsets are at approximately right angles to the arms 6-6 and the lever 1 and are integrally connected thereto so as to form an S-shaped curve. The clip is a single piece clip formed out of spring metal from the blank shown in Fig. 4. This blank has an enlarged head 8 from which the encircling portion 5, actuating arm 3, extensions 4-4, arms 66 and offsets 77 are formed and a smaller end 9 from which the holding armQand the ball 2 are formed. The ball 2 is formed by bending up the three projections 10 of the lank in a suitable die.

The clip is of such a character that it can be easily formed from sheet steel by one skilled in the art by means of punches and dies. In operation the arms 6- 6 and 01T- sets 7-7 yield sufliciently to permit the holding arm of the lever to be lifted by depressing the actuating arm and have sulficient spring to hold the ball of the holding arm in firm engagement with the material inserted beneath it, the principal spring action being adjacent to the ends of the offsets 7-7.

As will be evident to those skilled in the art, my invention permits of various modifications without departing from the spirit thereof or the scope of the appended claims.

' What I claim is:'

1. A one-piece pen and pencil clip comprising a lever having two lateral extensions at a medial portion thereof, an article-encircling portion having two arms substantially parallel to its axis and extending from the side of said portion nearest the free end of the holding arm of said lever, and offsets extending outwardly from the ends of said arms and connecting said ends to sides of said lateral extensions so that the body portion of said lever is spaced away from a pen or pencil within said encircling portion, all of said arts of said clip being integrally connected? 2. A one-piece pen and pencil clip comprising a lever having two lateral extensions at a medial portion thereof, an article-em between the portions conends of said arms and oonneoti-ng' said ends to sides of said lateral extensions so that the body portion of said lever is spaced away from a pen or pencil Within said encircling portion, all of said parts of said clip being 1) integrally connected, the bodies of said oil'- sets being at ap'proxnnately 11ght" angles to sand arnis and lever.

MALCOLM M. REID.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

